St. Barths Top 3- Le Ti St. Barths, Boating, and Do Brazil

Tuesday January 18, 2011

Welcome to my 3rd blog! My husband was asking last night what I was going to write about tonight, and of course I already have a list of topics marinating, but he suggested St. Barths, and within one second, I thought perfect.  St. Barths is such fabulosity that it deserves to have its 3 mini topics all be about itself!  My first time there was my honeymoon last April/May.  I highly recommend it! Do we have any Bravolebrity fans reading this? Well if so, "Betheny from Real Housewives of New York" and "Bethenny Getting Married? and soon to be "Betheny Ever After" actually stayed at the same hotel as me on her honeymoon just days after we did!  Le Guanahani is extremely romantic and located on a cove so the beach actually has ocean on two sides of it and gorgeous little villas make up the small hotel.  There is more staff then patrons and you definitely get your exercise walking around this place! Lots of open space and beautiful gardens and hills but only about 60 rooms total, and that is actually big for St. Barths!

St. Barths is part of France, and you feel as if you are in Europe in the middle of Ocean.  Because of its exclusivity, commercial planes cannot fly into the small airport- so you either have to take a ferry from St. Maarten or a puddle jumper- we tried both- each has its pluses and minuses.  The people their tend to be very well off, and there is no poverty like you see on most islands.  It is a relatively small island but has lots of little towns- all a few minutes apart with different beaches and shopping and restaurants.  A car is a must-- the roads are very narrow and people drive fast... I recommend a Smart convertible.

The food is Aaaamazing! Yes I purposely had to draw out the A.  And it looks pricey even before you start doing the conversions from euros to $s in your head, but it is well worth it!  One of our favorite spots if you want to combine a night out with fine dining is Le Ti St. Barths.  The night we went, all the wait staff was dressed in doctors and nurses uniforms.  Apparently there is always a theme, and some how it worked in a crazy way with out being cheesy.  And later in the night, after the fashion show during dinner, the host even asked Giovanni if he minded if they dressed me up, so next thing I know I'm in a nurses uniform dancing on the tables with half the crowd with Stereo Love pumping through the room (a few months before it became popular in the US).

Boating is also a MUST.  We did a full day private boat charter and a half day.  There are some beaches only reachable by boat and you can see all the celebrities homes from the water.  It's as if you are in a whole other world that is almost completely uninhabited as you speed through the open ocean.  We also went to a fabulous restaurant only reachable by boat on a deserted island.  The only thing on the whole island was this restaurant serving the most delicious locally caught fish.  Your boat pulls up and anchors in the vicinity, and then a little dingy boat shuttles people back and forth to the dock of the restaurant. 

Do Brazil is another favorite- went there for not just dinner, but returned for lunch.  They had this mixed seafood in a light curry sauce that was to dye for- pair that with a mojito and a lobster salad and you are in heaven!  This restaurant in Shell Beach is practically built like an adult tree house right in the sand. 

So there you have it! If you go boating, visit Le Ti St. Barths for some dinner and dancing on tables, and have lunch at Do Brazil, then you are on your way to an amazing vacation!

Other perks- celebrity sitings, Louis Vuitton is cheaper then the US even with exchange rate because it is part of France and in France LV is cheapest since its from there,  in the beginning of May all boutiques have major sales- think a $5K Missoni dress for just a few hundred euros, and I could go on but I think you are already drooling.  Oh and the weather is amazing- sunny and hot ( it maybe rains 1 day the whole year.)  I cannot wait to get back there, and if you haven't been yet, I suggest you think about it!

Au Revoir and 'till next time,
L